#JulianAssange Today's QUOTE:
2010 May 18: Oslo Freedom Forum: "We are now approaching the state of Orwell's dictum, that 'he who controls the present, controls the past.'
He who controls internet servers controls the intellectual record of mankind ..."
2010 May 18: Oslo Freedom Forum: "We are now approaching the state of Orwell's dictum, that 'he who controls the present, controls the past.'
He who controls internet servers controls the intellectual record of mankind ..."
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
When asked what exactly he does in life, his answer is long, but precise:
"I am an activist, journalist, software programmer expert in cryptography, specialized in systems designed to protect human rights defenders."
lemonde.fr/documents-wiki…
When asked what exactly he does in life, his answer is long, but precise:
"I am an activist, journalist, software programmer expert in cryptography, specialized in systems designed to protect human rights defenders."
lemonde.fr/documents-wiki…
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"So what is it that we DON'T we know about now?
There's an enormous hidden world out there . . .
People need to NOT be comfortable that what they receive from the media is all that is happening.""
"So what is it that we DON'T we know about now?
There's an enormous hidden world out there . . .
People need to NOT be comfortable that what they receive from the media is all that is happening.""
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Being in the position of the publisher of last resort always puts us on the edge. We are the vanguard of the free press."
2014 June 18: Le Grand Journal;
"Being in the position of the publisher of last resort always puts us on the edge. We are the vanguard of the free press."
2014 June 18: Le Grand Journal;
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"US behaviour is what has led to an atmosphere of distrust.
People should NOT trust the US military industrial complex."
(10 June 2013)
"US behaviour is what has led to an atmosphere of distrust.
People should NOT trust the US military industrial complex."
(10 June 2013)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
“Definitely; we only live once and every day spent living your principles is a day at liberty.
It is clear that history is on our side.”
Reddit Q&A via RT: rt.com/news/167184-re… (19 June 2014)
“Definitely; we only live once and every day spent living your principles is a day at liberty.
It is clear that history is on our side.”
Reddit Q&A via RT: rt.com/news/167184-re… (19 June 2014)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"It's very. very satisfying to see innocent people walk out of prison with one of our publications [waved] above their head as the key document used."
[From last known link before JA's internet was cut off.]
(15 Mar 2018)
"It's very. very satisfying to see innocent people walk out of prison with one of our publications [waved] above their head as the key document used."
[From last known link before JA's internet was cut off.]
(15 Mar 2018)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Power is mostly the illusion of power. . .
Elephants, it seems, can be brought down with string.
Perhaps there are no elephants."
(23 Dec 2016, in conversation with @SMaurizi)
repubblica.it/esteri/2016/12…
"Power is mostly the illusion of power. . .
Elephants, it seems, can be brought down with string.
Perhaps there are no elephants."
(23 Dec 2016, in conversation with @SMaurizi)
repubblica.it/esteri/2016/12…
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
Asked what people get wrong about him, Assange replied "almost everything."
"That's the perverse nature of not simply celebrity but the perverse nature of being famous & having a superpower as an opponent."
(26 Sept 2014)
Asked what people get wrong about him, Assange replied "almost everything."
"That's the perverse nature of not simply celebrity but the perverse nature of being famous & having a superpower as an opponent."
(26 Sept 2014)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"One of the best ways to achieve justice, is to expose injustice."
(8 March 2014)
"One of the best ways to achieve justice, is to expose injustice."
(8 March 2014)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Journalism is an asymetric information market'... like used car sales, or drugs. That's why its products are just as bad. Its a market where the bad drives out the good ... what you ingest is often not what is advertised."
vimeo.com/wikileaksparty…
"Journalism is an asymetric information market'... like used car sales, or drugs. That's why its products are just as bad. Its a market where the bad drives out the good ... what you ingest is often not what is advertised."
vimeo.com/wikileaksparty…
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Transparency is for governments. Transparency is for organisations that are so large that they also, effectively, become part of the governing system. Privacy is for individuals. "
(April 2011)
"Transparency is for governments. Transparency is for organisations that are so large that they also, effectively, become part of the governing system. Privacy is for individuals. "
(April 2011)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"If we have brains or courage, we are blessed & called on not to frit these qualities away, standing agape at the ideas of others, winning pissing contests, improving the efficiencies of the neocorporate state ..."
web.archive.org/web/2007102005… (2007)
"If we have brains or courage, we are blessed & called on not to frit these qualities away, standing agape at the ideas of others, winning pissing contests, improving the efficiencies of the neocorporate state ..."
web.archive.org/web/2007102005… (2007)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"The method is transparency, the goal is justice. Part of the method is journalism. But it is our end goal to achieve justice, and it's our source's goals -usually - to achieve justice."
At the Logan Symposium (April 2010)
"The method is transparency, the goal is justice. Part of the method is journalism. But it is our end goal to achieve justice, and it's our source's goals -usually - to achieve justice."
At the Logan Symposium (April 2010)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"The desire for authority is much higher than the desire for morality.
The desire to be seen as a vicious authority that can terrorise people
is higher than the desire to be seen as an authority that commands respect ..."
"The desire for authority is much higher than the desire for morality.
The desire to be seen as a vicious authority that can terrorise people
is higher than the desire to be seen as an authority that commands respect ..."
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"I have given up years of my own liberty for the risks we have taken
at @wikileaks to bring truth to the public."
From Op Ed "Why Wikileaks publishes" (12 April 2017)
chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/c…
"I have given up years of my own liberty for the risks we have taken
at @wikileaks to bring truth to the public."
From Op Ed "Why Wikileaks publishes" (12 April 2017)
chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/c…
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"The power of people speaking up & resisting together terrifies corrupt undemocratic power.
So much so that ordinary people in the West are now the enemy of governments, an enemy to be watched, controlled & impoverished."
"The power of people speaking up & resisting together terrifies corrupt undemocratic power.
So much so that ordinary people in the West are now the enemy of governments, an enemy to be watched, controlled & impoverished."
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"All of us have a need to communicate what is hurting us, and what we hope for, and we should be very cautious about any manoeuvre which abridges that ability to communicate . . ."
(June 2010)
"All of us have a need to communicate what is hurting us, and what we hope for, and we should be very cautious about any manoeuvre which abridges that ability to communicate . . ."
(June 2010)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"The internet has become the most important device for revealing the truth, at least since the beginning of the printing press. It has become the Number 1 antidote to TV. "
(23 Jan 2013)
"The internet has become the most important device for revealing the truth, at least since the beginning of the printing press. It has become the Number 1 antidote to TV. "
(23 Jan 2013)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"The internet does not give anyone freedom of speech. The internet makes publishing cheap, and that allows more publishers to exist . . .
Freedom of speech & information is something people bring TO the internet . . ."
"The internet does not give anyone freedom of speech. The internet makes publishing cheap, and that allows more publishers to exist . . .
Freedom of speech & information is something people bring TO the internet . . ."
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
". . . the privatisation of censorship:
where the field of public discourse is on private land, and archives that are historically important to all of us, and become our intellectual records, are no longer safe . . "
(2011)
". . . the privatisation of censorship:
where the field of public discourse is on private land, and archives that are historically important to all of us, and become our intellectual records, are no longer safe . . "
(2011)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"We get attacked when people don't like the message. We get attacked - not in proportion to whatever we are doing wrong (or right) but in proportion to the impact that our material is having. They attack the messenger . . ."
"We get attacked when people don't like the message. We get attacked - not in proportion to whatever we are doing wrong (or right) but in proportion to the impact that our material is having. They attack the messenger . . ."
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"What I do think is very significant is the debate by existing establishment press to say that certain forms of information spread need to be stopped ... leading to a new norm of automated censorship ... by Silicon Valley...
"What I do think is very significant is the debate by existing establishment press to say that certain forms of information spread need to be stopped ... leading to a new norm of automated censorship ... by Silicon Valley...
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Populations don't like wars. They have to be lied into it. That means we can be 'truthed' into peace. This is a great cause for hope."
From "When Google Met Wikileaks" (Oct 2014)
truthdig.com/articles/when-…
"Populations don't like wars. They have to be lied into it. That means we can be 'truthed' into peace. This is a great cause for hope."
From "When Google Met Wikileaks" (Oct 2014)
truthdig.com/articles/when-…
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"How big is this threat and what can be done about the risks associated with AI re manipulation of information?"
"It's overwhelmingly the biggest threat to humanity.
A much bigger threat than climate change."
(Dec 2017)
"How big is this threat and what can be done about the risks associated with AI re manipulation of information?"
"It's overwhelmingly the biggest threat to humanity.
A much bigger threat than climate change."
(Dec 2017)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Our No 1 enemy is ignorance."
Also in this interview: "The media are so bad, we have to question whether the world wouldn't be better off without them altogether."
"Our No 1 enemy is ignorance."
Also in this interview: "The media are so bad, we have to question whether the world wouldn't be better off without them altogether."
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Our societies are intellectual shanty towns. Our beliefs about the world & each other have been created by the same system that has lied us into repeated wars ... you can’t build a just civilization out of ignorance & lies.
wikileaks.org/Statement-by-J…
"Our societies are intellectual shanty towns. Our beliefs about the world & each other have been created by the same system that has lied us into repeated wars ... you can’t build a just civilization out of ignorance & lies.
wikileaks.org/Statement-by-J…
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
"Reform can only come about when injustice is exposed.
To oppose an unjust plan before it reaches implementation is to stop injustice."
commondreams.org/news/2010/07/2… (2010)
"Reform can only come about when injustice is exposed.
To oppose an unjust plan before it reaches implementation is to stop injustice."
commondreams.org/news/2010/07/2… (2010)
Today's #JulianAssange QUOTE:
On Scientific Journalism:
"It is our philosophy that raw source material must be made available so that conclusions can be checkable."
- At the Logan Symposium (18 April 2010)
On Scientific Journalism:
"It is our philosophy that raw source material must be made available so that conclusions can be checkable."
- At the Logan Symposium (18 April 2010)
